June

Parking Lot Closed

The front parking lot will be closed on Tuesday, May 28th and Wednesday, May 29th at 8am. Please use the South entrance for drop off. I will leave the south door unlocked for your convenience. We will be using the parking lot to stage the playground equipment.

Summer Schedules

If you are wanting to change your schedule for summer please check in with me to make sure we can accomodate the change and still have a slot for you in September. - Thank you

Center Closed

July 4th in Observance of Independence Day

Happy Father's Day

“Anyone who tells you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you, they are understating it.” ―Mike Myers

Teacher Appreciation

Thank you for all the support and participation during Teacher Appreciation. The teachers enjoyed their week! Growing Tree is a blessing for us all!

Demo Day:

Demo Day was a success. The old play structure has left Growing Tree only to be rebuilt at the Cochrans. The playstructure lives on!Thank you Kari Szukalski, Zach Cochran, Rachel Parks, Tim Parks, Matt Stockton, Kelly Stewart, Jesse Shen, James Traynor, Taylor Brown, Teresa Gunn, Adam Shields, David Guathier, Monte Hawkins, Marc DuBois, Mark Higginson, Auz Clement. We could not have done it without you. You all were amazing!

Hip Hip Hooray

Installation of the playground will begin on May 28th. We anticipate completion and reopening the playground on Monday, June 10th!

Swim Lessons

If you are enrolled in Session 2 and would like to switch to Session1 please contact me.

Session 1 swim lessons begin Monday, June 17 - 27th. The swim roster and schedule is posted at the top of the newsletter

How can you help:

Arrive at school 45 minutes prior to your lesson

Please have your child dressed in their bathing suit and sunscreen applied before arriving at school

Place change of clothes in child's cubby

Bring a child sized towel labeled with child's name - towels will be left at school for the duration of the lessons

Lessons run Monday - Thursday for 2 weeks

MOD PIZZA

Join us for Pizza at MOD PIZZA on Thursday, June 27th. MOD PIZZA will donate 20% of your bill back to Growing Tree. Proceeds will go towards playground project.Please RSVP at the MOD PIZZA link above.

Board of Directors:

Growing Tree's final board meeting for fiscal year 2019 will be held on June 12th. We will then recess for the summer and resume meetings in September. If you expressed interest in serving on the Board please plan on joining us in September.

Tuition Increase

Our annual tuition increase will go into effect September 1st. The official letter and rates will be announced August 1st.

Schedule of Events

Did you know you can find the dates and locations for all of the Growing Tree special events under the SCHEDULE tab on our website?

Volunteer Hours

The following are volunteer opportunities:

Volunteer hours are not pro-rated in the event you withdraw from the Center prior to December 31st.

Assemble a sand table

Board Meeting:

Our next Growing Tree Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 12th 600pm @ COLE/BREIT Engineering. We will go to dinner following meeting.

Donate Button:

We have added a donate button to our website and Facebook page. Feel free to pass it along or use it yourself.

Family Resources:

Amazon Smile

When you are shopping online, please remember our AmazonSmile program!

AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support Growing Tree every time you shop, at no cost to you. You will find the exact same prices, selection and convenient shopping experience as amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to Growing Tree!Head to smile.amazon.com to get started.

First Friday:

First Friday will be held on Friday, June 7th Cost is $25 per child. Next month First Friday will be on July 5th. New process, we are asking that you pay when signing up as we now have limited slots. Just a reminder, if you cancel after signing up, you will still be responsible for First Friday fees.